Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 157 A Dazzling Array of Goods, a Huge Pie

While Nie Chang was pondering where to best place the defensive shields, Liu Qiying was already on her way to the capital aboard the little flying ball.

The small flying ball traveled smoothly through the clouds.

Liu Qiying carefully protected the box and biscuit tin in her hands.

"These are all treasures," he muttered to himself, his fingers unconsciously tightening.

Recalling what happened in Lin Yi's office just now, Liu Qiying still felt it was somewhat unreal.

Any one of these crystals would cause a huge uproar if it were to fall into the market, but Lin Yi handed them over to him so casually.

A little over an hour later, the little flying ball arrived at the building where the equipment and logistics department was located.

Liu Qiying took a deep breath, composed herself, and went inside carrying the box and biscuit tin.
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The next day, the morning sunlight streamed through the windows into the corridors of Dongfeng Military Academy, but the atmosphere was completely different from usual.

Chen Yu rubbed his sleepy eyes. He had been thoroughly tortured in the virtual classroom last night and had planned to skip breakfast and stay in bed for a while, but was woken up by a phone call from Zhou Yuxuan.

"Quick, check the website! Something terrible has happened!"

Zhou Yuxuan's voice trembled with excitement on the other end of the phone.

"What could be so serious? It's not like someone has already cleared the game."

Chen Yu replied nonchalantly, then reached for his phone on the bedside table and opened the military academy forum.

Immediately, a brand-new entry point in the most prominent position on the homepage caught his eye – “Comprehensive Merit Management Platform”.

"What the hell is this?"

Chen Yu muttered something and clicked on it.

The next second, his eyes widened suddenly, all sleepiness gone.

The interface that pops up on the screen is simple yet professional, with category navigation on the left: martial arts manuals, weapons and equipment, special equipment, energy crystals, flying vehicles, and auxiliary items. Each category has a dazzling array of sub-items.

His fingers trembled slightly as he opened the "Secret Manual of Kung Fu".

"Stardust-Level Energy Guidance Technique - Advanced" - Requires 50000 Merit Points
"Flowing Cloud Steps - Complete Version" - Requires 80000 Merit Points
"Breaking Army Blade Technique - Stardust Level" - Requires 120000 Merit Points
Chen Yu's breathing became rapid.

These are all Stardust-level cultivation techniques!
Any one of these books would be a treasure that would cause a sensation if placed outside, and now they are just sitting there with their prices clearly marked.

He continued scrolling down, and when he saw the "Weapons and Equipment" category, he gasped in shock.

"Flowing Cloud Armor. Requires 90000 Merit Points?"

He muttered to himself, "Isn't this the armor that Brother Yi wore?"

But what shocked him even more was the note below: "Note: This equipment is the same as Principal Lin Yi's."

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In the morning canteen, Adams sat with several foreign students, looking at the Chinese students around them who were excitedly discussing something, his face full of confusion.

"What are they saying?" Adams asked his companion.

"It seems to be some kind of merit system." A blond student shrugged. "I saw on the forum that you can use merits to exchange for all sorts of good things."

Adams took out his phone and tried to log in to the merit system, only to find that he had no access rights at all.

Why can't we see it?

He muttered somewhat discontentedly.

A student from Xia Kingdom overheard his words and kindly explained, "This is an internal system; only formal members of our Xia Kingdom's military academies and Yuanwu Army can log in."

Adams fell silent.

Looking at the excited expressions of the Xia Kingdom students around him, a complex emotion welled up in his heart.

Envy, resentment, and a glimmer of hope mingled within him. "They're setting up the Blue Star Community now, and England is a member state," he thought to himself. "Could it be that one day, these systems will also be open to students from member states of the Community?"

While cadets at the Dongfeng Military Academy were enthusiastically discussing the merit system.

At a military base in a certain area, a group of officers gathered around a computer screen, looking at the list of items in the merit system and discussing it animatedly.

"Look, they've even put up a source-energy aircraft!" A young officer pointed to the "Swift Shadow Fighter" on the screen, his voice filled with disbelief.

"It requires 2500 million merit points." The person next to him swallowed hard. "How many missions would you have to complete to accumulate that many?"

"Look at this!" another officer suddenly exclaimed, "Dark Flame Spear, a Stardust-level perfect weapon?"

On the screen, the description of the Dark Flame Spear was concise yet impressive: "A perfect Stardust-grade weapon with multiple characteristics such as source energy amplification and armor penetration. It can only be used in the late Stardust-grade stage. Requires 900 million merit points."

"Nine million." Someone smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid there's no hope for this lifetime."

But for many others, the book gleamed with excitement.

With clear goals and tangible rewards, training and missions suddenly took on a whole new meaning.

In the virtual training room, Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan huddled together, pointing and commenting on the interface of the merit system.

"Look at this."

Zhou Yuxuan pointed to an item under the "Special Equipment" category, "Miniature Source Energy Cultivation Accelerator, which can increase the cultivation efficiency of Stardust Level 1 by 10% for one month, requiring 1 merit points."

"And this one too!"

Chen Yu excitedly turned to the next page, "Combat Aid Glasses, which can analyze the source energy flow and weaknesses of opponents below Stardust Level 3 in real time, require 30 merit points."

The two became more and more excited as they looked at the screen, but when they saw the required merit points, they couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

"How many merits do we have now?" Chen Yu asked.

Zhou Yuxuan opened his personal center, where a glaring number was displayed.

0.

"Looks like I'll have to work harder." Chen Yu sighed.

At the same time, Liu Yuan was staring at the screen in his office, his brows slightly furrowed.

As a Stardust-level powerhouse, he understood the value of these items better than Chen Yu and the others.

Therefore, he was not attracted by those external things, and his first priority was to check the secret manual of martial arts techniques.

"There are so many secret manuals of martial arts techniques?"

Liu Yuan's gaze lingered on the classification of the secret manuals, where dozens of unique skill manuals were prominently displayed, each marked with an astonishing amount of merit points.

While the ordinary trainees focused their attention on weapons and equipment, he was more interested in the secret manuals of martial arts techniques.

After all, once you learn a certain skill, it means that the secrets of the rules have been opened a crack, and it means that you have the potential to advance to a higher star core.

However, valuing one's special skills does not mean he is unmoved by other things.

Among the special items, there was one that particularly alarmed him.

Pioneer Type I Mechanical Guardian

“My strength level is roughly equivalent to a level 4 Stardust mechanical guard,” Liu Yuan thought with a wry smile. “I’m only level 1 Stardust, and I can’t even beat this mechanical guard.”

He got up and walked to the office window, looking down at the trainees excitedly discussing in the training field, and was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Unlike ordinary students, Liu Yuan, as the school's teaching assistant and the second energy cultivator to break through to the Stardust level, had to consider more.

(End of this chapter)